1937 in New Zealand

The following lists events that happened during 1937 in New Zealand.

← 1936 1935 1934 1937 in New Zealand → 1938 1939 1940
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	History of New Zealand List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history

Population

• Estimated population as of 31 December: 1,601,800.^[1]
• Increase since 31 December 1936: 17,200 (1.09%).^[1]
• Males per 100 females: 103.1.^[1]

Incumbents

Regal and viceregal

• Head of State – George VI
• Governor-General – The Viscount Galway GCMG DSO OBE PC^[2]

Government

The 25th New Zealand Parliament continued with the Labour Party in government.

• Speaker of the House – Bill Barnard (Labour Party)
• Prime Minister – Michael Joseph Savage
• Minister of Finance – Walter Nash
• Minister of Foreign Affairs – Michael Joseph Savage
• Attorney-General – Rex Mason
• Chief Justice – Sir Michael Myers

Parliamentary opposition

• Leader of the Opposition – Adam Hamilton (National Party).^[3]

Main centre leaders

• Mayor of Auckland – Ernest Davis
• Mayor of Wellington – Thomas Hislop
• Mayor of Christchurch – John Beanland
• Mayor of Dunedin – Edwin Thomas Cox

Events

• 16 January – The Hawke's Bay Herald publishes its final issue before merging with the Hawke's Bay Tribune to form the Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune (now part of Hawke's Bay Today). It started as the Hawke's Bay Herald and Ahuriri Advocate in 1857.^[4]
• 1 February – The 1937 New Year Honours are announced.^[5]
• 11 May – The King George VI Coronation Honours are announced.^[6]
• Milk in schools (a half pint daily for each primary school pupil) starts, and continues until 1967.

Arts and literature

See 1937 in art, 1937 in literature

Music

See: 1937 in music

Broadcasting

• 6 May – Historic radio link up to cover the arrival of Airship Hindenburg at New Jersey (and hence its destruction by fire). This is probably the first direct international radio broadcast of this nature from such a distance.

See: Public broadcasting in New Zealand

Film

• New Zealand Review no.1, Holiday Sounds

See: Category:1937 film awards, 1937 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1937 films

Sport

Chess

• The 46th National Chess Championship was held in Auckland, and was won by H.R. Abbott of Christchurch.^[7]

Golf

• The 27th New Zealand Open championship was won by J.P. Hornabrook, an amateur, in a three-way playoff with A.J. Shaw and Ernie Moss.^[8]
• The 41st National Amateur Championships were held in Hamilton^[9]
  • Men: B.M. Silk (Wanganui) – his second title
  • Women: Mrs G.W. Hollis

Horse racing

Harness racing

• New Zealand Trotting Cup – Lucky Jack^[10]
• Auckland Trotting Cup – Willow Wave^[11]

Lawn bowls

The national outdoor lawn bowls championships are held in Wellington.^[12]

• Men's singles champion – C. Spearman (Sydenham Bowling Club)
• Men's pair champions – D. Hunter, J.W. Lowry (skip) (Petone Bowling Club)
• Men's fours champions – C.H. Elsom, P. Munn, C.J. Shaw, R. Haworth (skip) (Canterbury Bowling Club)

Rugby

Category:Rugby union in New Zealand, Category:All Blacks

• Ranfurly Shield

Rugby league

New Zealand national rugby league team

Soccer

• Chatham Cup competition not held this year.
• An England Amateurs team toured, beating the New Zealand side by a resounding 30–1 aggregate in a three-match series.^[13]
  • 5 May, Dunedin: NZ 0–12 England Amateurs
  • 19 May, Auckland: NZ 0–6 England Amateurs
  • 26 May, Wellington: NZ 1–12 England Amateur
• Provincial league champions:^[14]
  • Auckland: Thistle
  • Canterbury: Technical OB, Western (shared)
  • Hawke's Bay: Napier Utd
  • Nelson: YMCA
  • Otago: Mosgiel
  • Southland: Boy's Brigade OB
  • Waikato: Hamilton Wanderers
  • Wanganui: Wanganui Athletic
  • Wellington: Waterside

Births

January

• 1 January – Lance Pearson, cricketer, basketball player, coach and administrator
• 3 January – Archie Taiaroa, Māori leader
• 10 January – Ralph Caulton, rugby union player, coach and administrator
• 13 January – Guy Dodson, biochemist
• 14 January – Ann Chapman, limnologist
• 15 January – Ray Henwood, actor
• 16 January – Ahmed Said Musa Patel, Muslim cleric
• 21 January – Colin Barclay, cricketer
• 26 January
  • Murray Ball, cartoonist
  • Bruce McPhail, rugby union player
• 31 January – David Tarrant, cricketer

February

• 2 February
  • Tony Shelly, motor racing driver
  • Neale Thompson, cricketer, badminton player
• 19 February – Warwick Dalton, racing cyclist
• 23 February – David Kinsella, cricket player and umpire

March

• 4 March – Graham Dowling, cricketer
• 8 March
  • Barry Robinson, athlete, architect
  • Prince Tui Teka, singer, actor
• 10 March – John Creighton, rugby union player
• 11 March – John Ward, cricketer
• 13 March
  • Trevor Blake, cricketer, field hockey player
  • Chris Kenny, boxing coach
• 31 March – Jindra Tichá, academic, writer

April

• 1 April – Dent Harper, cricketer
• 2 April – John La Roche, civil engineer, author
• 3 April – Eve Rimmer, para athlete
• 5 April – Brian Blacktop, lawyer
• 7 April – Graeme Davies, metallurgist, university administrator
• 8 April – Philip Havill, cricketer
• 15 April – Bill Ballantine, marine biologist
• 16 April
  • David Braithwaite, politician
  • Ivan Keats, athlete
  • Don Oliver, weightlifter, fitness centre founder
• 18 April – Rangi Hetet, master carver
• 20 April – Ernest Barnes, field hockey player
• 22 April
  • Michael Dormer, cricketer
  • Bruce Gregory, politician
  • Roger Slack, plant biologist and biochemist
• 29 April – Tīmoti Kāretu, Māori academic

May

• 4 May – Terence Shaw, cricketer
• 18 May – Ron Watson, sailor
• 20 May – Thomas Goddard, layer, judge

June

• 8 June – Michael Crozier, physicist, politician
• 20 June
  • David Lloyd, botanist
  • Phil Skoglund, lawn bowls player
• 21 June – John Kent, cartoonist
• 23 June – Greer Twiss, sculptor
• 24 June – Louise Clough, cricketer

July

• 2 July – Judith McKinlay, biblical scholar
• 9 July – Bill Kini, boxer, rugby union player
• 15 July – Judi Doull, cricketer
• 21 July – Barry Thomas, rugby union player
• 24 July – Te Wharehuia Milroy, Māori language academic
• 25 July – Rose Pere, educationalist, Māori language advocate, conservationist

August

• 1 August – Gugi Waaka, musical entertainer
• 2 August – Ron Brierley, businessman
• 4 August – Charmian O'Connor, physical organic chemist
• 7 August – Don McKay, rugby union player
• 9 August – Trevor Chinn, glaciologist
• 10 August
  • Ian Bradley, naval officer, politician
  • Valerie Young, athlete
• 17 August – Patricia Grace, author
• 19 August – Mick Brown, judge
• 21 August – Elizabeth Hanan, politician, community leader
• 24 August – Philip Newman, cricketer
• 26 August – John Veitch, cricketer
• 30 August – Bruce McLaren, racing driver and car designer

September

• 2 September – Frank Rapley, cricketer
• 7 September – Ngātata Love, business academic, Te Āti Awa leader
• 10 September – Dave Gallop, cricket player and administrator
• 11 September – Marilynn Webb, artist
• 14 September
  • Stuart Chambers, ornithologist
  • John Cullen, field hockey player
• 21 September – Dennis Browne, Catholic bishop
• 22 September
  • Graham Houghton, missionary, educator
  • Trevor McKee, Thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• 23 September – Alexander Morrison, cricketer
• 28 September
  • Graeme Caughley, ecologist
  • Vincent O'Sullivan, writer

October

• 5 October – Brian Maunsell, boxer
• 9 October – Richard Walls, businessman, politician
• 21 October – Robert Monteith, cricket umpire
• 23 October – Lawrie Creamer, milk protein chemist
• 27 October – Neville Huxford, cricketer
• 28 October – Jim Dawson, cricketer

November

• 2 November – Dylan Taite, music journalist
• 3 November – Peter Coutts, cricketer
• 4 November – Brian Edwards, broadcaster, author
• 12 November – Helen Thayer, explorer
• 13 November – Abdul Rahim Rasheed, Muslim community leader, lawyer
• 19 November
  • Meg Campbell, poet
  • Kenneth Keith, jurist
• 23 November – James Wallace, businessman, arts patron
• 25 November – Frances Cherry, writer

December

• 1 December – Bill Hume, association footballer
• 3 December – Peter Morris, cricketer
• 4 December – Ross Dallow, police officer, politician
• 5 December – Roger Douglas, politician
• 12 December – Grant Tilly, actor
• 25 December
  • Reese Griffiths, rugby league player
  • Ginger Molloy, motorcycle racer
• 26 December
  • Pam French, fencer
  • Gavin Hitchings, jeweller
• 29 December
  • Ian Lawrence, lawyer, politician
  • Ethna Rouse, cricketer

Undated

• Bridget Armstrong, actor
• Mary Cresswell, poet
• Peter Dwyer, zoologist, anthropologist
• Michael Harlow, poet, publisher, editor, librettist
• Ken Maddock, anthropologist
• Toi Te Rito Maihi, artist
• Reihana Parata, master weaver
• Jim Peters, politician
• Pauline Rhodes, artist
• Judy Siers, writer, historian
• Barry Vercoe, computer scientist, composer
• Allan Wallbank, politician
• Judy Wilson, sculptor and fibre artist
• Spiro Zavos, cricketer, journalist, writer

Deaths

• 20 February: Rua Kenana Hepetipa, Māori prophet.^[15]
• 5 March: Sir Frederic Lang, politician – 8th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• 29 May: Charles Hall, politician.
• 19 October: Sir Ernest Rutherford, physicist.^[16]
• 27 October: Thomas Field, politician.
• 16 November: John Lillicrap, 29 Mayor of Invercargill.
• 29 November: John Jenkinson, politician.

See also

• History of New Zealand
• List of years in New Zealand
• Military history of New Zealand
• Timeline of New Zealand history
• Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
• Timeline of the New Zealand environment

References

1. . Statistics New Zealand. Archived from the original on 31 December 2017.
2. Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
3. . Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2008.
4. "Hawke's Bay Herald". National Library of New Zealand.
5. "No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 February 1937. pp. 687–705.
6. "No. 34396". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1937. pp. 3073–3105.
7. List of New Zealand Chess Champions 14 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
8. . The Sports Network. 2005. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
9. McLintock, A. H., ed. (1966). "Men's Golf – National Champions". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
10. . Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
11. Auckland Trotting cup at hrnz.co.nz 17 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
12. McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Bowls, men's outdoor—tournament winners". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
13. List of New Zealand national soccer matches
14. "New Zealand: List of champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1999.
15. DNZB biography of Rua Kenana
16. Biography of Rutherford

External links

  Media related to 1937 in New Zealand at Wikimedia Commons